Stecoah Valley bluegrass celebration

A bluegrass festival will showcase the sounds and tastes of Southern Appalachia at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Stecoah Valley Center in Robbinsville.

Arts and craft vendors will be onsite. Dinner will be available in the Schoolhouse Cafe. The headliner will be a 7:30 p.m. concert by The Wilson Family.

The Wilson Family of Brasstown have been singing together as a group for about eight years. The band consists of Jimmy (vocals/guitar), Karen (vocals/bass), Jessica (vocals/mandolin) and Anna (vocals/guitar). Bill Pruett sings, plays the banjo and adds the bluegrass/Gospel knowledge that he has acquired through the years.